Duplicating sales pad



June 2, 1936. E. z. LEWIS 2,043,182

DUPLICATING SALES PAD Filed June 18, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 M M I 4& 6 6 7 Z y flue/ iff ard Z Ze gao's 443M Q W Q@E June 2, 1936. E. z. LEWIS DUPLICATING SALES PAD Filed June 18, 1954 5 Sheets-Sheet s fie en/Z07 Edwa rd Z Z 6 1 1 5415. @527. galfjv m Patented June 2, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,043,182 DUPLICATING SALES PAD Edward Z. Lewis, Evanston, 111., assignor to General Manifold & Printing 00., a corporation of Pennsylvania This invention relates to improvements in duplicating sales books or sales pads. f

The object of the invention is to provide a novel book of this character, in the use of which only a small amount of manipulation is required and such'manipulation as is necessary may be performed quickly.

Where sales books are used with carbons arranged in the usual Way, to duplicate the order slips, it is necessary to place removable stop cards under each set of forms to prevent carrying the impression through onto the underlying sets of forms. Where the carbon sheets are pulled out.

- from between one set of forms and shifted to with the carbon side up, with the result that the carbon coated sides of sheets I and 2 are in contact with each other, as are also the carbon coated sides of sheets 3 and 4, the last sheet, number 5, having no carbon coating on its under side. With this arrangement it is impossible to transfer the impression from the top sheets to any of the sheets beneath.

When it is desired to use theset of forms, the second and fourth sheets are pulled out and turned over, with the result that the first four sheets are then face up, the carbon coatings be', ing on the under side thereof, and as a result, anything written on the top sheet is transferred by the carbon coatings and appears on the face of the remaining four sheets in the usual manner. However, where the book is made up of a series of such groups of forms, with an odd number of sheets to a group, the order written on the sheets of the first group is not transferred through to any of the sheets of the groups beneath it for the reason, as stated above, that the carbon coated backs of the sheets below all face each other, in pairs.

Fig. l is a plan view of a five sheet group or form book, selected for illustration, part of the sheets being torn away to expose the sheets beneath;

Fig. 2 is a similar View with four of the five sheets lifted and rolled back on themselves to show the coated and uncoated surfaces;

Fig. 3 is a view of the same pad after the even numbered sheets have been torn out and turned over;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a complete book;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modified form;

Fig. '7 is an additional modification;

Fig. 8 is a perspective viewof another modification; Y

Fig. 9 shows the same pad partly cut away;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a further modification; and

Fig. 11 is a side view of an additional modification.

Although the book illustrated is made up-of units of five sheets each, it is evident that three sheets would be the minimum and any odd number of sheets in excess of five may be used as well, to constitute the eifective portion of said book. Other sheets may of course be added for different purposes, if desired.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the sheets, in the form of a pad, as assembled by the manufacturer, are numbered I, 2, 3, 4, 5, from top to bottom, the under sides thereof being numbered l', 2, 3, 4, 5'. Each of said sheets has the necessary lines ruled on the face thereof, with such printed matter as may be desired. The four upper sheets, i. e. all the sheets except the bottom one, have a carbon coating on one side thereof (the side opposite the ruled or printed side) as shown. The fifth or bottom sheet has no carbon coating thereon. Sheets I, 3 and 5, i. e. the odd numbered sheets, are right side up or face up, and the even numbered sheets, 2 and 4 are upside down, all five sheets being bound together at the top, as for example by means of staples 6, and the even numbered sheets, at least, being perforated or otherwise weakenedat 1, so that they may be detached.

It will be seen that the sheets, arranged as shown, are not ready for use, as anything written on the top sheet will not be transferred to the sheets beneath for the reason that the carbon coated surfaces of sheets I and 2 face each other and in like manner ,the carbon coated surfaces of the sheets 3 and 4 face each other. In order to use the book, sheets 2 and 4, which are upside down, are torn out, turned over, and returned to their places in the pad right side up, i. e. face up, after which any order written on the top sheet is reproduced on the four sheets beneath, making a total of five copies. Fig. 3 illustrates the arrangement after said sheets have been turned over, the carbon coating 1' overlying the face 2' of the printed form beneath it.

To facilitate tearing out sheets 2 and 4, which are perforated at the top in such a way as to make them more readily detachable than the remaining three sheets, said remaining sheets may be notched, preferably at the bottom, as shown at 8, whereby the two even numbered sheets may be readily grasped by the thumb and finger and torn. out without grasping the odd numbered sheets. 7 v

It will also be understood that the group of five sheets forms part of a book consisting of a large number of such groups of five sheets, each the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and all 'bound together at the top, as shown in Fig. 4,

to provide a form book of considerable thickness. This particular book does not show the notches at the bottoms of the odd numbered sheets as the even numbered sheets may,-of course, be torn out one at a time without this added convenience, although it will be understood that Fig. 4 illustrates a book of sheets which may be provided with such notches if desired.

Fig. 5 illustrates a sales pad or book, generally similar to Fig. 2 and Fig. 4, but instead of notching the odd numbered sheets, the even numbered sheets which are to be turned over are made longer than the odd numbered sheets so that they protrude at the bottom whereby they may be readily grasped by the thumb and finger and torn out without tearing out the adjacent sheets. In this perspective view shown, the second and fourth sheets have been torn out, turned over as a unit, and reinserted, thereby reversing the order of said sheets, i. e. the fourth sheet occupies the second position from thetop and the second sheet occupies the fourth position, as indicated by the reference characters on each of said sheets. It will also be noted that the carbon coating is on the under side of each sheet.

Fig. 6 shows a further modification in which the transfer coating or carbon does not extend. entirely across sheets I, 3 and 4. After sheets 2 and 4 have been torn out and turned over ready for use, they appear as shown in this figure, with the fully carbon coated side 2' of sheet 2 overlying the lowermost or number 5 sheet, the four uppermost sheets having carbon extending nearly, but not entirely across the back so that the prices and the like written in the price column on the topsheet are transferred to the bottom sheet but are not transferred to the intermediate sheets, which are to be turned over to the shipping department, the teamsters or others not concerned with these confidential details. In

the act of tearing out thesesecond and fourth sheets and reinserting them in the manner described, it is assumed that in turning over the two detached sheets at the same time their relative positions are reversed, the original second sheet becoming the fourth sheet and vice versa, as shown in this figure. It will be understood, of course, that these two sheets may be torn out, turned over and reinserted one at a time, in which case this second sheet would be made with its carbon coating extending less than the entire distance across it and the fourth sheet would have its carbon coating extending all the way sheet and transferred to the bottom sheet; ,sheets that have been torn out and turned over across it or at least covering the marginal area, in addition to whatever part of the remaining area it covered, so that after said two sheets had been reinserted, the four top sheets would each have a vertical, uncoated strip on the under side thereof, the same as shown in Fig. 6 as drawn. In other words, no items would appear in the price columns except those written on the top The the entries made as previously described. In this particular pad the bottom sheet may be made longer than the others so that the protruding bottom portion may have printed matter thereon indicating the formal disposition of the sheet, as for example Ofiice copy, and an identifying number. Also, the projecting fold 9 may have instructions printed thereon such as Detach and turn over, and the upper sheet may be printed Original, as shown. In this case where the sheets are prepared, folded and arranged before printing, said sheets may be printed either singly or in a strip of such forms and afterwards separated by cutting, and the identifying number printed by the same impression of the printing The carbon coating on the even numbered sheets should not extend below the lower edge of the upper sheet, as shown in Fig. 7.

The coating on the second and fourth sheets is preferably of a diiferent color than the coating on sheets I and 3, which further helps identify them.

In the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the top sheet H has carbon on the bottom side thereof, the next sheet l2 has carbon on the top side or face thereof and is joined at the bottom to the sixth sheet, hereinafter referred to. The third sheet I3 has carbon on the bottom thereof, the fourth sheet M has carbon on the top thereof, the fifth sheet l5 has carbon on the bottom thereof, the sixth sheet i6 has carbon on the top thereof, this sheet being joined to the bottom of sheet I2 to form a loop. The bottom sheet I! has no carbon on either side. Sheets [3, l4 and I5 are received within the loop IS.

The lower edge of the top sheet and in fact of all the odd numbered or alternate sheets may be notched out at the bottom as at l8, to provide an area to be grasped by the thumb and finger in detaching the even numbered sheets, which includes the loop. The sheets in Fig. 9 are cut away to make the arrangement clearer. The sheets, after being detached, are turned over and reinserted between any of the sheets in a manner which will be readily understood.

In Fig. 10, the top sheet l9 has carbon of a certain color on its under side, for example blue. The next sheet 20 has carbon of any color on one of its surfaces, for example black. This sheet has been detached and turned over so that its coated side is down, as shown. The third sheet 2| has carbon on the back of a color different from that on sheet 20. The color used on sheet 2| may be the same as that on sheet [9 although this is not necessary as it may be any color as long as it is different from the color of the sheet immediately above it. The bottom sheet 22 has no coating on either side.

As in other cases, each of these sheets may be sent to a certain department andall of the forms for any department are in the same position in the pad. If the carbon on the back of one sheet is of one color, 1. e. blue and the impression made on the opposite side of the same sheet is in another color, 1. e. black, the legibility of a stack of these sheets will not be destroyed by check marks made while they are being checked over in a pile. For example, in the case of a sheet with writing on thezface in black and a blue color on the back, any check mark made with a pencil on one of the upper sheets will be transferred to a number of successive lower sheets in blue, which blue color can readily be distinguished from the black and will indicate that these check marks are not part of the original entry. Also, the written material form of a coating applied directly sheets 23 to 29 inclusive, the even numbered sheets 24, 2G and 28 projecting beyond the odd numbered sheets and all of said sheets being bound together at one endat 30'. This figure shows a side view of substantially the same pad shown in perspective in Fig. 5, except that the even numbered sheets have not. yet been detached, and a larger number of sheets are used in making up the pad. The shorter sheets are arranged face up and the long sheets are arranged upside down, i. e. with the carbon on the top thereof until they are pulled out by the projecting edges and turned over, as will be clearly understood from the foregoing description.

Although I have referred to carbon coating, the invention is not limited to transfer means in the to the back of the paper as the transfer means may be in the form of a separate sheet of carbon paper. These separate sheets are so positioned with reference to the sheets immediately above them that when certain sheets are torn out thecarbon paper is torn out with them and when they are turned over the carbon paper is turned over with them.

In the cases of sheets not torn out the. corre'- sponding carbon sheets remain in the pad with those sheets. with this arrangement each sheet portions extending beyond the margins of the odd numbered slips above the same, whereby said portions may be readily grasped and removed from said pad.

2. A sales pad consisting of an odd number of superimposed slips fastened together at the top, all except the last one of which has transfer means on its reverse side, the odd numbered slips being arranged up and the even numbered slips being separable from said pad, arranged face down, and projecting beyond the lower edges of the remaining slips, 'said projecting portions having no transfer. means thereon.

3. A sales pad consisting of'five slips bound together at the top, the first four slips each having carbon on the back, the first and third slips being arranged face up, the second and fourth slips being separable from said pad/arranged face down, and projecting beyond the lower edges of said first and third slips and having said projecting portions joined, whereby said joined portions may be grasped and detached from said pad,

turned over and reinserted.

4. A sales pad consisting of an odd number of superimposed slips, all except the last one of which has transfer means on its reverse side, the odd numbered slips being arranged face up and the even numbered slips being separable from said pad, arranged face down, and having portions extending beyond the margins of the odd numbered slips above the same, whereby-said portions maybe readily grasped and removed from said pad, the extended slip nearest the top having its extending margin joined to the ex tending margin ofthe slip nearest the bottom.

5. A sales pad consisting of an odd-number of superimposed slips, all except the last one, of which has transfer means on its reverse side, the odd numbered slips being arranged face up and the even numbered slips being separable from said pad and arranged iacedown, one edge of the original and of the alternate or odd slips being cut out sufllciently to permit said even numbered slips to be grasped and detached.

6. A sales pad consisting of an odd number of superimposed slips, all except the last one of which has transfer means on its reverse side,

two of said even numbered slipsbeing joined at the bottom.

'7. A sales pad consisting of an odd number of superimposed slips, all except the last' one of which has transfer means on its reverse side, the odd numbered slips being arranged face up and the even numbered slips being separable from said pad and arranged face down, the lower edge of the original and of. the alternate or odd slips being cut out sufliciently to permit said even numbered slips to be grasped and detached, the

' upper and the ,lower even numbered slips being formed as a single slip looped about a plurality of the other slips.

8. A sales pad comprising three or more superimposed sheets separably secured at one edge, two of the adjacent sheets having transfer means on the'reverse sides, said reverse sides'facing each other, whereby an impression to be-made on the upper of said two sheets may' be transferred through the sheet beneath it only after detaching and turning over the latter to bring its normally upperside in contact with another sheet on'which the impression is desired.

9. A sales pad consisting of an odd number of superimposed slips separably confined near one edge, each of said slips above the bottom one having transfer means on its reverse side, the

odd numbered slips being arranged face up and the even numbered slips being arranged face down.

10. A sales pad comprising three or more superbelow it and in registration therewith.

EDWARD Z. LEWIS. 

